On Tuesday, 22 February 2022, police officers from Phoenix received information about a person in possession of an illegal firearm. The team proceeded to Southbury in Phoenix where they stopped a vehicle.
Upon searching the vehicle they found a 9mm pistol with 36 rounds of ammunition. The 46-year-old suspect was asked for the licence of the firearm and produced a license which did not belong to him. He was placed under arrest and detained for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.
The team later received information of another unlicensed firearm on the same road and on stopping and searching a vehicle, they found another 9mm pistol with 37 live rounds of ammunition.
A 22-year-old male was arrested for unlawful possession of firearm and ammunition.
Both suspects will appear in the Verulam Magistrate’s Court facing same charges.
